It's normally Nigel Farage who seizes the megaphone, but his big Birmingham Reform UK party conference was metaphorically gatecrashed by Angela Rayner's dramatic resignation, followed by Sir Keir Starmer's shock reshuffle.

The massive Westminster news on Friday meant Mr Farage had to move his speech to avoid a clash with the prime minister's reshuffle , as many a journalist like me dashed back to London to pick up an even bigger story than Mr Farage - not something he's that used to these days, after a summer of nearly back-to-back coverage of his insurgent party and its policies.

But the news about Ms Rayner both detracted from and put the spotlight on him when it came to his own tax affairs.

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